"World-class beer without the jet lag"

Located in Burlington's vibrant South End, Queen City Brewery's tasting room offers classic beer styles in a comfortable pub setting.

Queen City Brewery opened in June 2014 and is located in a renovated warehouse in Burlington's historically industrial South End. With 14 taps available, our rotating beer list might include a delicate German lager, a robust Scottish winter warmer, a regional American specialty, an ancient monastic beer, an elegant English ale or a unique seasonal offering that's sure to please anyone who enjoys a fine glass of beer.

Phone

(802) 540-0280

Location

703-B Pine StreetBurlington, VT 05401

Hours

Tues-Wed Noon–8PMThurs-Sat Noon–10PMSun Noon-7PM

Lagers

South End Lager

Our neighborhood lager is a "helles," the classic beer of Munich. Made with German malt and hops, South End Lager is a delicate malt-accentuated blond lager, with a refreshing crispness and a pleasing noble hop finish. (5.4% ABV, 23 IBU)

Munich Dunkel

A traditional Bavarian, deep mahogany hued lager. Soft and elegant with a rich, nutty palate and a malty, rounded finish, this beer is medium-bodied with a firm, creamy head. (5.5% ABV, 30 IBU)

Mai Bock

This traditional spring celebrator is a smooth, copper lager produced from the finest German malts. Modeled after the classic celebration beers of Bavaria, Mai Bock has an understated hop character that just balances its distinctive toasted malt profile. (7.2% ABV, 28 IBU)

Vienna Lager

A clean, amber colored, toasted lager. Crisp bitterness with a great balance between the noble hops and malt. (5.3% ABV, 30 IBU)

With a malt sweetness that typifies the finest Yorkshire ales, this smoothly rounded ESB provides a depth of flavor, an aromatic fruitiness, and a flowery, hoppy elegance in the finish. Using a combination of high-quality English pale and crystal malts, as well as wonderfully aromatic Fuggles and Kent Goldings hops, this refined amber ale is deeply satisfying. (5.2% ABV, 45 IBU)

Yorkshire Porter

Queen City Brewery’s interpretation of this classic English dark ale is rich, full-bodied, and well-balanced with an understated hop bitterness and a malt profile accentuating the chocolate and coffee-like character. (5.0% ABV, 36 IBU)

Argument IPA

As the story goes, 19th-century English brewers made an extra strong and hoppy beer in order to withstand the long sea voyage to India. Big and bitter, but nevertheless balanced and wonderfully drinkable, Argument is liberally hopped with Fuggles and Kent Goldings hops. (6.5% ABV, 65 IBU)

Barge Canal Oatmeal Extra Stout

Made from Scottish and English malts with a generous proportion of oats and flaked barley, Queen City’s Extra Stout is silky-smooth and rich, with a coffee-like roastiness, hints of toffee and dark fruit, and a warming alcohol finish. (6.8% ABV, 24 IBU)

Made from German malt, wheat and hops, this complex and refreshing unfiltered wheat beer has a pleasant creaminess and a long-lasting head, with subtle banana and clove like-notes in both the aroma and flavor. (5.8% ABV, 23 IBU)

Specialty Beers

Steinbier

Steinbier is an ancient alpine beer style in which the wort is heated with hot rocks to reach a boil. The resulting unique flavors of smoke and caramel with mineral notes cannot be achieved in any other way. Each year, we gather our rocks and build a beechwood fire out in the parking lot to make our Steinbier. (5.4% ABV, 25 IBU)

Monk of Underhill Belgian Tripel

In the rich tradition of the Trappist brewer-monks of Belgium and The Netherlands, our Tripel is pale golden in color, strong, smooth, effervescent and deceptively easy to drink. We don't brew this beer very often, but it's always a treat when the Monk is in the house. (9.3% ABV, 35 IBU)

Rauchbier

With this beer, Queen City Brewery is proud to bring the rich tradition of Bamberg, Germany to Vermont. In our recipe, top quality German malt is gently smoked over beech wood embers and then blended with Pilsner and Munich malts to produce a beer of startling complexity. (5.5% ABV, 30 IBU)

Oktoberfest

Full-bodied, yet refreshing, Queen City Brewery's Oktoberfest is a traditional German Marzen-style lager. Brewed only with German malt and hops before and extensive period of cold conditioning, our Oktoberfest has a complex, toasty malt profile and a crisp finish. (5.5% ABV, 25 IBU)

Old Monty Barleywine-Style Ale

Queen City’s signature sipping beer is made with a blend of four high-quality British malts and generous additions of East Kent Goldings hops. The classic English strong ale yeast used for fermentation produces intriguing aromas reminiscent of Madeira and stone fruit. (ABV 9% IBU 65)

Barrel-Aged Saison

Now available only at the brewery, QCB's Saison was aged for 6 months in Cabernet Franc barrels containing an indigenous strain of brettanomyces. The resulting beer is floral and refreshing, with a pleasant, dry finish. (6.3% ABV 20 IBU)

Our beers are distributed throughout Vermont by Farrell Distributing and in Massachusetts by Craft Collective. Ask for Queen City at your favorite bar or restaurant!

Paul Hale, Managing Partner and Brewmaster, founded Queen City Brewery in 2012 along with partners Paul Held, Phil Kaszuba, and Maarten and Sarah van Ryckevorsel. As long-time friends and home brewers with a fondness for traditional beer styles, QCB represents to us the culmination of nearly 30 years of recipe formulation and research (i.e., beer trips to Europe).

Lillian MacNamara is QCB's Head Brewer. Lillian started with us in 2014 after nearly a decade of experience in the craft brewing community, including brewer positions with Hop’n Moose Brewing Company, Magic Hat Brewing Company, Otter Creek Brewing Company, and Oregon Trail Brewery.

This book is supported by the Champlain Center for Publishing through the work of managing editor Kim MacQueen, designed by Champlain student Emma Reed and edited by Champlain staffer Tiffany Harbrecht. Photographs are by Champlain staffer Mike Jacobs.

At the beer pairing event you'll get to taste eight of the recipes along with the paired QCB beers! Be among the first to purchase a copy of the book and have it signed by the author! 75% of the ticket cost and all silent auction proceeds will benefit the Vermont Family Network.